Mario Aleman v. Domingo Uribe, Jr., Warden

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIO ALEMAN , No. 09-55837 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:06-cv-04687-

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DOMINGO URIBE , JR., Warden, Appellee-Respondent.

RAYMOND MALDONADO , No. 09-56191 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:06-cv-06606-

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GREG LEWIS, Warden, Acting Warden, Respondent-Appellee. ORDER AND

AMENDED OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California J. Spencer Letts, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2013—Pasadena, California

Filed June 14, 2013 Amended July 16, 2013 ALEMAN V . URIBE

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Mark L. Wolf, Senior District Judge.*

Order; Opinion by Judge Gould

SUMMARY**

Habeas Corpus

Affirming the district court’s denial of a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition raising a challenge under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the panel held that a state court does not violate a defendant’s constitutional rights by denying a Batson motion based on a…